Design Career Options

I have completed my 12th and interested in the field of Fashion Designing want to know details about this career. Will you please tell me what types of career options I will have after completing Fashion Designing course also provide list of some top fashion designing college?

[Shaleen]

Design concerns with work in exceedingly artistic, imaginative, inventive and creative manner.

List of the various available careers options in Designing

Fashion Designing
Gemology
Interior Designing
Jewelery Designing
Visual Merchandising

Fashion designers develop new styles and products for clothing apparel and accessories by creating original designs or by adapting fashions to suit local conditions, trends and buyers.

Educational Qualification:

Basic qualification for a course in fashion designing is 10+2, it varies depending on the course chosen.

Fashion Designing Career options:

The primary areas of work in the fashion industry are:

Designing

Designers are involved in:

Research
Designing according to needs of the clientele (functionality, budget and choice of textile are the key considerations here)
Patterning
Presentation to clients

Market Research

Manufacturing is an important area of work in the fashion industry. It includes

Purchase of textiles and fabrics
Training
Scheduling
Pattern making
Finishing
Quality control

List of Fashion Designing Institutes

International Institute of Fashion Technology

South Extension Part I,
New Delhi 110 049

Apeejay Institute of Design

54, Tughlaqabad Institutional Area,
Mehrauli Badarpur Road,
New Delhi 110062

National Institute of Design (NID)

Paldi, Ahmedabad 380007.

National Institute of Fashion Design (NIFD)

Chandigarh

Northern India Institute of Fashion Technology (NIIFT)

C-115, Phase-VII, Industrial Area,
Mohali 160055

Pearl Academy of Fashion

C-56/2
Okhla Indl Area, Phase II,
New Delhi 110020
Pearl Academy - Design College I Design Fashion Business Courses
Srishti School of Art, Design & Technology,
PO Box 6430,
Yelahanka,
Bangalore 560064 (Kar)

University Of Mumbai

M G Road,
Fort, Mumbai 400032

National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), at:

Campus Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110 016
Tata Mills, Parel, Mumbai 400 014
Sector III, Salt Lake City, Calcutta 700 091
GIDC Electronic Estate, Gandhinagar 382 010
Chenatha Bhavan, Nampally, Hyderabad 560 001
Co Optex Bulding. Egmore Chennai 600 008

The various colleges of Wigan & Leigh College, at:

New Delhi: 86-A, Central Avenue, Sainik Farms,
Tel: 011-26858849-51 Mobile: 9818479333
Mumbai: Tel: 022-23015591/4, 56623997
Kolkata: Tel:033-24487140/50
Bangalore: Tel: 080-25574311/12/13
Hyderabad: Tel: 040-55767425
Pune: Mobile: 9850271167

Choosing the right fashion designing institute is important from the viewpoint of comprehensive learning, and the right career head start. With this blog, we

[Pavithra K]

A fashion designer has various opportunities nowadays. On taking up this course, you can become a designer in the field of cinema, retail, textile, jewellery/accessories designer and more. All these fields are high paying. I recommend DOT School of Design! Because faculties over here are highly experienced and students are given hands-on practice which will be very useful for the students to excel in their future career.